England boss Roy Hodgson now has a tough call as to whether to take Ashley Cole or Shaw with him to Brazil.

“I think Roy Hodgson has a very big problem on his hands,” smiled Pochettino.

“I don’t know what is going through Roy’s mind at the moment regarding Luke Shaw but in light of the 45 minutes he played he showed he deserves to be in the team and has the quality to be in the team.”

Pochettino is keen to harness the happy vibe in the camp following the international successes of the last week.

“I think there’s very good positives,” he said.

“One of them is the adrenaline of being called up to the English national side and making sure that that energy is contagious within the group and passing that on to the group.“Also the experience you get for playing for the national side is very good.

“We need to balance that out with the physical and mental stress that is being part of the English national side and also the fact that you are more inexperienced so you don’t know exactly what happens and I think it’s very good that the players know themselves how to manage that situation.

“We have been talking about the balance you need to have from playing at Wembley to returning to play in the league.

“The more experienced players know how to transition between the two, the more inexperienced might take a little bit longer.